Dont get me wrong im not knockin Leupold...

My take on Vortex is they are Top of the line Affordable optics. If you get what i mean. They Touch Leupold in quality a bit.. They have not been around for long enough for us to really compair to Leupold..

For the guy looking to spend under 1k on a scope closer to the 500$ mark Vortex Rules... If you want to spend over 1K That is Leupolds department.